Quote Originally Posted by bu villain View Post
I think that is the point. It will raise rates for everyone so that people with pre-existing conditions will not be doomed to a life of uncontrollable medical bills. I understand you may not see that as a good thing because it has you paying more but I think it is a good thing from a societal standpoint. I know if I got cancer tomorrow and lost my job and thus my insurance, I would be very thankful that I could still get medical treatment without going bankrupt. I am willing to pay more to ensure everyone can receive that treatment.
It isnt going to be a small rise in rates. We are likely talking 100+% rise in rates over the next 5 years. I'm not sure you understand just how much it costs to treat cancer or other long term diseases. It could take 1000 new healthy customers to cover each cancer patient.



Quote Originally Posted by bu villain View Post
I don't understand what you are saying. Doctors won't see you because you have insurance?
Medicare/medicaid recipients are already having a hard time finding docs because those programs dont pay the docs enough to cover their costs. There is also a massive shortage of primary care docs all over the country. Both of these problems will be balloon with the inception of Obamacare. The result is a massive increase in patients and a decrease in available docs. This is where the lower quality care comes into play. The days of a doc knowing you and your habits will be gone. Rural area docs that barely get by now will likely leave to head into higher populated areas or retire.